Improved spittoon



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JOHN M. KL-INGENMEIER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK; ASSIGNOR TO JOHN MILLER, OFSAME PLACE.

Lette/rs Patent No. 93.095, dated July 27, 1863.

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l The Schedule referredsto in these Letters Patent and making paxi. 0fJthe same.

To all whom it may conce-rn:-

Be it; known that I, JOHN M. KLmenNMErnn, of the city. of Buffalo,county of Erie, in the State of New York, have invented a Iew andimproved Spittoon for hospital and parlor-use; and I ldo hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact descrip` tion thereof, referencebeing hadto the nccompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

Figure I is a perspective view ofthe spittoon'.

, Figure II is cross-section of Fig'. I.

A is the main box, to-which a. cover, B, vend'post 0 are secured. v

It is also provided with a. spit-box, D, which site` in box A. Said boxcan be taken out, for the" purpose of cleaning it.

B isfthe cover of box A.

It is secured 4to A by means of tyvopins, b, in such a Way that it willturn up Whenever thumb E is pressed down on .to cover B, :is seen inFig. II.

G is a. post, secured to the rear side of box A. f Seid post is 4provided with whole through its centre, into which fits a. rod, Said rodis provided on its upper end with a. knob. A coiled spring surrounds itbeneath said knob. v

The coiled spring has for its object the raising of the rod F, after ithas; been pressed vdown by the ec-,V tion .of the hand on the knob.

F is also provided on 'its lower end with a thumb.

The same has for its object to act upon cover B, whenever the rod Fisdepressed. so that the cover B will turn to openbox A.

-A small latcl1-spring,'G, secured to post C, causes the cover B toshut. again, as soon as tbe pressure of

